beremiz

Proper fix for error 'object has no attribute 'getSlave' in EtherCAT extension

2018-08-24, Andrey Skvortsov
96ca6b056c55
Proper fix for error 'object has no attribute 'getSlave' in EtherCAT extension

traceback:
File "/home/developer/WorkData/PLC/beremiz/beremiz/IDEFrame.py", line 1433, in OnPouSelectedChanged
window.RefreshView()
File "/home/developer/WorkData/PLC/beremiz/beremiz/etherlab/ConfigEditor.py", line 837, in RefreshView
self.RefreshProcessVariables()
File "/home/developer/WorkData/PLC/beremiz/beremiz/etherlab/ConfigEditor.py", line 886, in RefreshProcessVariables
slaves = self.Controler.GetSlaves(**self.CurrentNodesFilter)
File "/home/developer/WorkData/PLC/beremiz/beremiz/etherlab/EthercatMaster.py", line 341, in GetSlaves
for slave in self.Config.getConfig().getSlave():
:_'lxml.etree._Element'_object_has_no_attribute_'getSlave'

Steps to reproduce problem:

- Add new EtherCAT master
- Add new EthercatNode to the master
- double click on


Revert commit "Dirty fix for error '_object_has_no_attribute_'getSlave' in EtherCAT extension"
[a3ac46366b86a0b237dac93be6b2281ac70b98a8].

The problem was that XML elements (proxy object) in some cases were created using custom XML
classes constructors and lxml.etree.Element() call and live python
patching. This causes that lxml backend doesn't know that custom python class
should be used for these XML elements.
Proxy object can be move/deleted and recreated by lxml
backend at any point in time or this can be done in python by copy/deepcopy operations.
If this happens, then newly created
proxy elements are using default class lxml.etree._Element. And all
custom functionality is lost.

All created XML elements should be always created through corresponding
parser and class lookup callback done by lxml backend.
It's described in more details in lxml documentation:
https://lxml.de/element_classes.html
Beremiz and Beremiz_service connectors
======================================
To connect a PLC, Beremiz provides 2 types of connectors :
* a Pyro connector
* a WAMP connector
To configure the connection, you have to set the *URI_location* in your project Config tab according to this documentation.
The Pyro connector
----------------------------
Pyro is an advanced and powerful Distributed Object Technology system written entirely in Python.
Beremiz_service spawns a Pyro server, serving a PLCObject (see runtime/PLCObject.py). Therefore, Beremiz acts as a Pyro client.
TODO:: link to PLCObject API documentation
URI_location :
* LOCAL:// is a facility that starts the PLC service locally and connect Beremiz to it via Pyro.
This is intended for use in development stage.
* PYRO://<ip:port> normal connection to a remote PLC. PLC default port is 3000.
* PYROS://<ip:port> SSL connection to a remote PLC, see below.
more information about Pyro can be found on http://pythonhosted.org//Pyro/1-intro.html
===========================
Setup a Pyro SSL connection
===========================
Pyro v3 has a limited TLS/SSL support based on m2crypto. Pyro v4 had dropped it.
In order to have a full and reliable SSL, we recommand to use a TLS/SSL wrapper as nginx, stub or stunnel.
--------------------
TLS-PSK with stunnel
--------------------
In this example, we setup a simple TLS-PSK connection according to rfc4279.
This ciphersuite avoid the need for public key operations and certificate management.
It is perfect for a performance-constrained environments with limited CPU power as a PLC.
Needed :
* stunnel >= 5.09
verify openssl support for PSK cipher::
openssl ciphers -v 'PSK'
----------------------
Client setup (Beremiz)
----------------------
You need to choose an identity for your client, here *client1*.
generate a valid and strong key::
$ echo client1:$(openssl rand -base64 48) > pskclient1.txt
write a stunnel client configuration file *stunnel-client.conf*::
output = stunnel-client.log
client = yes
[beremiz]
accept = 3002
connect = [PLC]:3001
PSKidentity = client1
PSKsecrets = pskclient1.txt
start stunnel client side::
stunnel stunnel-client.conf
You could now connect beremiz with classic URI_location = PYRO://127.0.0.1:3002
--------------------
Server setup (PLC)
--------------------
import the client key in a keyfile psk.txt, concatening all client key.
write a stunnel server configuration file *stunnel-server.conf*::
output = stunnel-server.log
[beremiz]
accept = 3001
connect = 127.0.0.1:3000
PSKsecrets = psk.txt
start stunnel server side::
stunnel stunnel-server.conf
more documentation on stunnel http://www.stunnel.org/docs.html
The WAMP connector
------------------
WAMP is an open standard WebSocket subprotocol that provides two application messaging
patterns in one unified protocol: Remote Procedure Calls + Publish & Subscribe.
Beremiz WAMP connector implementation uses Autobahn and crossbar.
URI_location :
* WAMP://127.0.0.1:8888#Automation#2534667845
more information about WAMP can be found on http://wamp.ws/